Where Were You on 9/11?

Photo courtesy of Tom Gates We all remember so vividly that sometimes we just wish we didn’t. This powerful piece written by Tom Gates for The Traveler’s Notebook will literally stop your breath for a second or two.

Writing and Other Summertime Musings

This summer has been nothing short of a whirlwind of activity. While I was relatively anchored down (only traveling to Sweden and Nigeria), it’s been one of huge transitions: planning an intercontinental wedding, working on new assignments that came flooding in as well as burning the oil on the day job. Early last year, I’d …

Presenting Ccaccaccollo on World Hum

Head over to Travel Channel’s World Hum to check out my latest photo essay – The Alpaca Weavers of Ccaccaccollo. Visited this tiny community last year while in Peru. A lot of our porters live in Ccaccaccollo and their wives weave some of the most stunningly vibrant cloaks out of alpaca fibers.